Machine Learning and Alzheimer's disease: What You Need to Know

As one of the most popular research subjects at this year's Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC), machine learning is at the forefront of Alzheimer's disease and related dementia (ADRD) innovation. While a seemingly complex topic, machine learning can be thought of as math class for computers. Like students, computers are trained to use different methods, or formulas, to solve a problem. There are many types of methods for training, and machine learning is used to solve a wide variety of problems. Most commonly, computers are trained using data sets of patient clinical history, demographic information, and/or brain imaging.